Aviation Facility Construction

Hangars, support buildings, and airside pavement built as one job.

Aviation Construction Inc is a building contractor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company constructs aircraft hangars, erects hangar steel, installs hangar doors, places hangar floor slabs, builds airport support buildings, and pours the airside apron in front of the hangar line. Work is issued as a single aviation-facility package rather than as disconnected trades.

Aircraft hangarsSteel portal frames, metal cladding, and hangar doors
Hangar floorsConcrete slabs with column bases in the hangar bay
Support buildingsAirport operations buildings closed in metal panel
Airside apronSaw-cut concrete pavement to the hangar door line
Aircraft hangar under construction with steel portal-frame columns, roof trusses, metal roof deck, and a concrete hangar floor slab
Hangar floor plan, steel framing elevation, and hangar-door section drawings laid on a job table
How the job is read

Hangar floor plan, steel elevation, and door section first.

A job begins with the construction set: the hangar floor plan, the steel framing elevation, and the hangar-door section. Those sheets fix bay size, column lines, roof truss height, and the door opening before steel is erected or concrete is placed.

Aviation Construction Inc then sequences the field work those sheets describe — hangar steel, hangar floor, hangar doors, airport support buildings, and the airside apron — so the same contractor is accountable from the first drawing through close-in of the hangar line.

Plan-driven hangar layout

Column lines and door openings are taken from the hangar floor plan and steel elevation, not from field improvisation.

One aviation ticket

Hangar steel, slab, doors, support building, and apron stay on one schedule and one set of hold points.

Minneapolis jobs

Work is run from 2807 O Henry Rd, Minneapolis, for buyers who need an aviation-facility contractor.

Inspectable steel

Bolted hangar connections are checked with a tape measure on the flange before cladding covers the joint.

Work packages

Five packages that make up an aviation-facility job

A published trade list was not supplied with the company record. The packages below are the aviation-facility construction work Aviation Construction Inc prices and schedules from the company name and the Minneapolis address.

01

Aircraft hangar construction

A hangar is built as a steel portal frame: wide-flange columns, roof trusses, metal roof deck, and a concrete hangar floor. This package is the structure you see while the bay is still open — the frame, the deck, and the slab that will take the hangar door.

Hangar under construction showing steel columns, roof trusses, metal roof deck, and concrete floor slab

Hangar frame, deck, and slab

The hangar is raised as one structure: columns and trusses first, then metal roof deck, with the hangar floor slab already in the bay.

  • Wide-flange hangar columns
  • Roof trusses and metal roof deck
  • Concrete hangar floor in the open bay
Completed metal-clad aircraft hangar with closed sliding hangar doors and a concrete apron

Closed hangar

When the frame is complete, the hangar is closed with metal cladding and sliding hangar doors, and the concrete apron sits in front of the door line.

  • Metal-clad hangar exterior
  • Closed sliding hangar doors
  • Concrete apron at the hangar face
02

Hangar steel and hangar doors

The hangar frame is erected as bolted wide-flange columns and roof trusses. The hangar door is a sliding metal door on a steel track at the head, with a concrete threshold at the slab.

Hangar steel erection with wide-flange columns and roof trusses over a concrete slab

Hangar steel erection

Columns and roof trusses are erected over the hangar slab so the bay geometry matches the steel elevation.

  • Wide-flange hangar columns
  • Roof trusses spanning the hangar bay
  • Open frame before cladding
Sliding metal hangar door with steel track and rollers at the head and a concrete threshold

Sliding hangar door

The hangar opening is closed with corrugated metal door panels riding on a steel track and rollers, sitting on a concrete threshold.

  • Corrugated metal hangar-door panels
  • Steel door track and rollers
  • Concrete threshold at the slab
03

Hangar floor slabs

The hangar bay is a large interior concrete slab. Steel column bases are cast in the floor. Saw-cut joints control the slab. This package is placed before cladding closes the hangar.

Interior hangar floor slab with saw-cut joints and steel column bases in the concrete

Slab, joints, column bases

The hangar floor is a continuous slab with saw-cut joints, and hangar columns rise from bases in the concrete.

  • Hangar interior concrete slab
  • Saw-cut joint layout
  • Steel column bases in the floor
Bolted hangar steel column-to-beam connection with high-strength bolts and a tape measure on the flange

Check the bolted hangar joint

A tape measure on the flange of a bolted column-to-beam connection confirms the hangar steel before cladding covers it.

  • High-strength bolts and washers
  • Column-to-truss hangar joint
  • Hold point before metal cladding
04

Airport support buildings

Low-rise aviation operations buildings sit next to the hangar line. They are framed in steel, closed with metal wall panels, and finished as a glazed-entry operations building.

Airport support building under construction with steel frame and metal wall panels being installed

Steel frame and metal panels

The support building is a steel frame with metal wall panels installed on the slab, door openings left until the envelope is closed.

  • Steel-frame aviation support building
  • Metal wall panel installation
  • Unfinished door openings on the slab
Completed airport operations building with metal-panel walls, flat roof, glazed entry, and concrete walk

Closed operations building

The finished support building is a low-rise metal-panel operations building with a flat roof, glazed entry, and a concrete walk.

  • Metal-panel operations building
  • Glazed entry
  • Concrete walk at the building face
05

Airside apron

The pavement in front of the hangar is a saw-cut concrete apron that runs to the closed hangar doors. It is placed after the hangar envelope is up so the door line and the pavement meet.

Empty airside concrete apron with saw-cut joints leading to closed metal hangar doors

Apron to the hangar doors

The airside apron is empty concrete pavement with saw-cut joints, ending at the closed metal hangar doors.

  • Saw-cut airside concrete
  • Pavement to the hangar door line
  • Closed hangar face as the apron stop
Completed hangar with metal cladding, sliding doors, and concrete apron in front of the hangar

Hangar and apron together

The delivered hangar is the metal-clad building, the sliding doors, and the concrete apron in one face.

  • Metal-clad hangar
  • Sliding hangar doors closed
  • Apron poured at the hangar face
Method

A hangar sequence that does not skip the drawing or the bolted joint.

Hangars, support buildings, and aprons move in the same order: drawings, hangar slab, hangar steel, hangar doors, support-building envelope, then the airside apron. Each step is visible in the field before the next one starts.

1
Read the hangar floor plan, steel framing elevation, and hangar-door section.
2
Place the hangar floor slab with saw-cut joints and column bases.
3
Erect hangar columns and roof trusses. Check bolted joints with a tape on the flange.
4
Install the sliding hangar door on its steel track. Close the hangar in metal cladding.
5
Close the airport support building. Pour the airside apron to the hangar door line.
Inspection of a bolted hangar steel connection with a tape measure on the flange
Delivery

Completed hangars and operations buildings, not open-ended site time

The work we turn over is the same work shown here: a closed hangar with apron, a finished operations building, and the hangar door that closes the bay.

Finished metal-clad hangar with sliding doors and concrete apron

Completed hangar

A metal-clad hangar with closed sliding doors and a concrete apron at the hangar face, ready after the frame, slab, and cladding are finished.

Finished airport operations building with metal panels, glazed entry, and concrete walk

Completed operations building

A low-rise metal-panel airport operations building with a glazed entry and a concrete walk — the support-building job after close-in.

Completed sliding hangar door on steel track with concrete threshold

Hangar door in place

The sliding hangar door is installed on its steel track, with corrugated panels and a concrete threshold at the slab.

Who issues the work

Buyers of an aviation-facility package

Hangar owners

Steel hangars from slab through cladding and sliding doors

Airport operators

Support buildings and apron pavement sequenced with the hangar line

FBO operators

Operations buildings closed in metal panel next to the hangar

Maintenance shops

Hangar bays with floor slabs and inspectable steel joints

Municipal airports

Hangar, support building, and apron as one construction ticket

Developers

Hangar steel and doors coordinated to a published floor plan

Facility managers

Closed hangars and operations buildings ready for occupancy

Minnesota jobs

Work run from Minneapolis for aviation facilities in the region